Financial Analyst

Posted 14 Days Ago
North Mankato, MN
Junior
Information Technology
The Role
The Financial Analyst will analyze and report financial performance, develop budgets, conduct variance analysis, and support business units with financial data and recommendations. Responsibilities include reviewing business processes, performing month-end financial close activities, leading projects for business application improvements, and preparing reports for management.
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Let Us Power Your Potential

 

Taylor Corporation is a dynamic, diversified company with big plans for the future ― and your career. We power our employees’ potential and strive to create opportunity and security for every member of the team. If you’re ready for something bigger ― more challenge, more variety, more pathways for professional growth ― we should talk. We’re passionate about our work, we believe there is always a better way, and we’re looking for people like you.

 

Ready to reach your potential? It’s time to look at Taylor.

 

Your Opportunity: Taylor Corporation is seeking a Financial Analyst!

 

Your Responsibilities:

  • Analyze, summarize and report financial performance, KPI’s and trends for operating companies and corporate shared services.
  • Develop and monitor annual budgets, monthly forecasts and month-end reporting of actual results, including variance analysis to forecast and budget.
  • Understand business processes, people, and relevant technology to identify, configure, and communicate useful information, and to provide practical business counsel to support accounting, finance, business units, shared services and other project teams across the enterprise.
  • Conduct reviews of business processes and expenditures to convert into new ERP system and remove non-value add practices.
  • Assist with report writing utilizing an excel add in program and develop reports in new ERP system.
  • Provide business/financial analysis and decision support that allows management to evaluate alternatives, make fact-based decisions, and evaluate the consequences of decisions.
  • Develop and prepare month-end performance reports and present results to COE leader or business partner.
  • Perform month end financial close activities including preparation and/or review of variety of journal entries, reconciliations, analysis and reporting.
  • Integral part of processes to drive standardization, refinement and maintenance of the accounting policies, practices, internal controls and operating procedures to ensure the integrity of the Company’s internal control structure.
  • Leads projects and initiatives to optimize the effectiveness of existing business applications, technologies and systems, and to build efficiencies and improvements into current business processes.
  • Perform special projects and ad-hoc analyses as needed.

 

You Must Have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or related major
  • 2+ years of experience in financial analysis or public accounting
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate business processes in a broad context
  • Possess a positive, consultative mindset that promotes improvements in operating effectiveness, efficiency and net income
  • Proven track record of improving top and bottom-line results
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to communicate with cross-functional teams at all levels of staff and management
  • Ability to manage and coordinate multiple activities and shifting priorities under tight timeframes
  • Self-starter who can manage projects, analyze areas of greatest risk and review with business partner
  • Ability to prepare executive-level summaries, conclusions and recommendations based on detailed data; equally as adept at searching, cleansing and compiling the necessary detailed data from multiple systems and sources
  • Ability to get results; can proactively and autonomously drive initiatives and projects from start to finish
  • Team player that thrives in both leader and individual contributor assignments
  • Highly curious; strong analytical and problem solving skills and ability to drive issues to resolution
  • PC literate with a proficiency in excel and model building

About Taylor Corporation

One of the largest graphics communications firms in North America, Taylor’s family of companies provide a diverse set of products, services, and technologies addressing the toughest communication challenges. For nearly 50 years, Taylor has been a premier provider of powerful and innovative products, services, and expertise for individuals, businesses, and distributors large and small. Our 10,000+ employees spanning 26 states and seven countries work diligently to create the interactive, printing, and marketing solutions that have helped build some of the world’s more recognizable brands. Everything we do begins with identifying the unique priorities and needs of our customers and creating one-of-a-kind solutions. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including several health plans to choose from, dental, vision, wellness programs, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off (PTO) and 64 hours of annual holiday pay.

 

The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

 

Taylor Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Taylor Corporation including all partners and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Top Skills

Excel
The Company
North Mankato, MN
6,589 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1975

What We Do

Taylor provides a diverse set of products, services and technologies to power the potential of the world’s leading brands. Using the latest printed and digital methods, we facilitate marketing communications of all types for businesses and consumers across a wide range of industries. You’ll see our solutions in your mailbox, your email inbox, in retail settings and on your mobile device.

Driven by Glen Taylor’s unwavering entrepreneurial spirit, Taylor Corporation has grown from a single small business in 1975 to one of the nation’s largest privately held companies today. What started as a humble printer of wedding invitations and business cards is now a highly diversified leader in the field of business communications. However, while Taylor's capabilities have changed dramatically in the last 45 years, our core purpose remains the same ― to create opportunity and security for our employees.

Taylor also continuously invests in technologies and production methods that enable us to shrink our environmental footprint. This commitment shows in the way we divert tons of waste to energy production, source responsibly harvested forest products and work to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions year over year. The result is a culture of sustainability that guides our decision making and ensures that we take the long-term view in everything we do

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